Wall directory



F. L. WOOD WALL DIRECTORY TRY @Lus F. L. WOOD WALL DIRECTQRY Sept. 2 1924.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 25. 1923 INVENTOR. L. vI/Vooa BY A Q' ATTORNEY. v

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Patented Sept. 2, 1924,

UNiTEDsTAfTEs FREDERICK LIQNEL woon, orDnNvnmooLoaADo. Y. r.

WALL nrREcToRY.

To all whom 'it may concern:

` VBe it l-:nown that I, FREDERICK L'Woon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented' certain new and useful Improvements in l Wall Directories, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wall directories for clubs, office buildings. and other institu#l tions requiring a convenient method ofldisone of a plurality of name plates arranged upon its front in alphabetical order, are

readily inserted, removed or interchanged` without disturbing the others. n f

A further object of the invention is to provide each name plate individually with ai protective cover which prevents oflits loe-l A ing soiled by dust or dirt, and still 'other objects reside in features 'of construction and a novel arrangement of` parts all of which ing description.`

will fully appear in the course of the follow-Y,

A practical embodiment-of invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawingsA inthe several views of which likel Y parts are similarly designated and inwhichi y Figure 1 represents a face view of myV improved wall directory; y

Figure 2, a vertical section-alongthe line 2-2, Figure 1:

Figure 3, a horizontal section taken on the line 3--3, Figure 1;

Figure 4, a fragmentary magnified section` 4o taken on a plane similar tothat of Figure) Figure 5, an enlarged face view of one of the removable panels comprised in the construction, separate from the frame in which it is normally supported:

Figure 6, a longitudinal section along the line 6 6, Figure 5;

Figure 7 an enlarged transverse section of the panel taken on the line 7 7, Figure 5.

Figure 8, a fragmentary sectional view similar to Figure 6, showing a naine plate in place on the panel, and drawn to an eX- aggerated scale;

Figure 9, an enlarged and fragmentary perspective view of one of the name plates and its protective envelope;

in Figures 2 and 4,

Application sied :wie 251923. sealan. arista?v Figure 10, a s imilarvi'ew of the envelopiel without the name plate; and e l Figure 1v1, van vvenlarged `fragnientary siection taken on the line 11-11, Figure 1. Referring more specifically ,toi tlie'draw-i ings, my improved rwall directory comprisesI a frame 5 of,ornamental.'appearance, which is adapted Vto be suspended or. otherwise fastened in an upright position/against a wall surface of` a .hall`,rooni1or other lpart of the building.` Y

The frame has'in vertical recesses divided .from eachother by vertical partitions?,l and e'tended at their ends into the solidupper and lowerv marginal part of the frame as indicated ataand 6 @The pockets thusfproduced at the iipper ends ,of the recesses deeper than Vat the its fiest/fa, piumiity of i lower ends yof the'vsame, to permit of the,.-

pa'nels which.normallylocciipy the recesses 'as will'hereinafter-bef;described, being removed therefrom "byV firstv lifting them upwardly out of the lowerpockets and then moving them forwardly and downwardly from the -upper pockets.v .A The back 8,0fitlie frame has in each of its vrecesses l a` longitudinal opening y8a ywhich lightens H the construction and promotes an even contact ofthe'respective panels with.A the back, and the frame-has above its recessed portion, a smooth-l surf-ace :6d toreceivethefnameof theclubgbuildingor other Y institutiontinlwl-iich the directory is yuse-d.y

The panels of the "directoryff hereinbefore referred to, each .cofnsistfofV oblong rectangular body v9 preferably composed of two sect-ions@a and9"` of difterentlrin'ds of wood, fastened one upon the other as best shown in Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings.

The body of each panel is longitudinally 1 v grooved at its rear side at which it engages with the back of the frame in which they are supported, andl it is vprovided. at its front with a plurality of parallel open-ended and l open-faced, transversely extending pockets 10 to receive the naine plates hereinafter yto be described.

The pockets are divided from each other by transverse partitions 12 which are lon itudinally grooved to provide slideways or the name plates, and the panel has at its lower end. a knob 13 to facilitate its removal from the recess of the frame in which it is normally supported.`

The width of the panels corresponds with thato'f the recesses in the frame, and their length is such that when supported upon ;,per end of the recesses to lift the panels for their removal from the frame as hereinbefore explained.

The name plates 14V which in practice are inserted in the pockets of the panels, are contained in sheaths or envelopes l5 of celluloid or other transparent material which are formed to iitsnugly inside the pockets as best shown in Figure 8.

The envelopes are made of rectangular pieces of the desired material, the longitudinal edge-portions of which are bent upon and in spaced relation to the body portion of the same to form retaining flanges l5a for the name plates which ordinarily are made of strips of heavy paper upon which the names are printed or otherwise afliXed.

The name plates correspond in length with the protective envelopes in which they are enclosed; they lit snugly between the flanges of the envelopes and they are readily inserted or removed from the envelopes by sliding them through the open ends thereof. The envelopes are in like manner, inserted in the pockets of the panels with their flanged sides innermost, and the panels are placed in the recesses of the supporting frame as hereinbefore described.

The partitions between the recesses, and one of the upright marginal portions of the frame at one side of the same, are provided with equidistant holes 16 placed in alinement with the name plates on the panels and adapted -for the insertion of pegs 1T used to indicate the presence or absence of the persons whose names appear on the direetory.

Having thus described my improved wall directory, it will be apparent that any of the name plates comprised therein, are readily changed without disturbing the arrangementl of the others; that the name plates are adequately protected from being soiled by vdust or dirt without the expensive and cumbersome panes of glass. found in other directories of similar type; that the naines can be arranged without removing or adjusting any part of the supporting frame, and that the entire construction is free from locks, hooks or other fastening devices.

The construction of the panels of two different kinds of wood prevents Wa'rpin and the longitudinal ribs at the back thereo engaging with the slotted surface at the back of the recesses in the supporting frame, pros vide for an even contact of the parts and strengthen and lighten the construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

LA wall directory comprising a `frame having in its front, a recess extended into pockets formed in the ripper' and lower' inarginal portions of the frame, a panel litted in said recess to move longitudinally between the sides thereof, and normally supported in the lower pocket, the panel havingin itsface a plurality of transverse slideways, and name plates in the slidevvays, the upper pocket of the recess being deeper than the lower pocket to permit `of clearing the lower edge of the panel by upward movement thereof for the removal of the panel from theframe in a forwardly tilted position.

2. In a wall directory, the combination with a recessedy frame, of a panel having a longitudinally grooved side engaging with a surface of the recess, and having in its opposite side, a plurality of transverse pockets,

s and naine plates in said pockets.

3. A. wall directory comprising in com` bination, a frame having a recess, a Apanel in said recess having upon its face, a plurality of transverse partitions which are grooved to provide open-ended slideways, and name plates movable in said slideways, the panel fitting between the sides of the recess to close the ends of the slideways when in place therein. t

In testimony whereof I have affixed `my signature.

FREDERICK LIONEL Woon, 

